Some manufacturers phony the gauges to help avoid unnecessary service complaints. 'Some' oil pressure is enough at idle, it will go up when you spin the pump. You cannot explain that to a non technical person who assumes that more is better all of the time. Excessive oil pressure requires more hp to run the pump, causes seals to leak.
-- Peter Arnold Windsor, CT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Snook" <dsn...@mtsqh.com> To: "Mercedes@okiebenz.com" <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 11:18:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [MBZ] Oil Pressure Question I have not had a gasser Mercedes for while now. But, I noticed something on this 95 E320 which is interesting. I am used to starting the car and the oil gauge pegs out at 3 for a while and when it warms up or sits at idle, the needle drops a little. In fact, once its very warm, the need will drop quite a bit at idle. But, I have noticed that on my new to me car, the oil pressure goes up to 3 and stays there. I was waiting in a drive thru last night with the car warm and idling. I waited almost 10 minutes and in all that time, the needle never dropped. I suppose it is a good thing to have very good oil pressure, but, it never drops on this car. I don't know what to think. Donald H. Snook _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
